Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-04-21
DR.. BRUIL'S SUICIDE.
The Life of One of the Greatest
WretcheS this Section Ever
Knew Terminated.

49, ChatiS piuAis VI -ANpNd, Altu
in the county Jail at Dodgeville last
Friday morning. He was under
arrest for the suspected poisoning
of his wife, and during his prelim-
mary examination on the Wednes-
day preceding became very sick and
had to be removed from the court
room, The examination of witnes 5
es was continued for a short time.
when the court adjourned until the
next day, Thursday, at which time
the prisoner was still too sick to be
present. 1t is now commonly be-
lleved that the testimony of different
parties, especially that of Prof.
Daniels, Of the state university, who
anayzod the contents of a capsule.
(the last of some left by Bruil with
the woman VINO watched through
the night previous to Mrs. Bruil's
DEATH proved too clearly to the
prisoner that his guilt was being
ferreted out, and his sickness was
the result of dose concealed on
his pe'son for use in case of such a
result, a7 he was seen by one or two
parties in the court room to put 10
his mouth a small piece of paper,
trough shape, and dump something
therein. His death is undoubtedly
one - suicide, ard ne evidently
wanted 70 create lasting sensation
by dropping of in the court room.
As the following note which he
wrote in the court room and left
there would indicate.
81 feel like was about to take
change of venue to the Supreme
Court on high, If 50 the Judge is
just, aud more inclined to mercy. |
am feeling very badly. Ny heart
seems 10 have quit work for to day.
Don ~ thom remove me 10 The
Jail to die"
1t dld not so happen, however,
and possibly another dose was re.
quired and taken to end 4 career
which from every indication, ought
never to have been begun,
Mrs. bruiI died on Friday evening,
March Is, after three weeks illness,
under circumstances which led her
friends to believe that she had been
! poisoned, Dr. Bruil having been her
only medical attendant during her
sickness, and her last hours having
been passed in the most frightful
commissions. The body was disin
tered after burial, and the stomach
aud intestines taken out and exam
ined by w. w. Daniels, Professor
Of Chemistry at the state University
at Madison, who found, during his
analysis, uumistakable traces of poi
sou in both organs. One Of the
powders which Or. Bruil had admin
istered to his wife was also analyzed
aud found to consist largely of
strychina.
After the arrest Of Dir. Brui an
attempt WAS made by the authorities
to unravei the mystery that sur
rounded his life previous to his 10
eating in Avoca. a man came to
Avoca some time ago who gave the
authorities clue which was being
worked at the time Of the Doctors
death He said that several years
ago a man was arrested near Kansas
/ City charged with causing the death
of his wife and two children, aud
was placed in jail at Kansas City.
Previous to the date Of his trial,
however the suspected murderer
made his escape. The man who
visited Ayoca said he identified Dr.
Bruil as the Kansas City murderer.
The District Attorney has written
to Kansas City and other places for
photographs, with the hope Of locat-
ing him. This was done previous
to his death, the District Attorney
feeling confident that he would be
bound over to await trial, and if he
was successful in locating him 1t
would have weight in conyictlng
him Of this his last crime. SO far
as known no answers have yet been
received to this letter.